Myosins

1. Myosin superfamily
Myosins, class I	Myosins, class VI	Myosins, class XV
Myosins, class II	Myosins, class VI	Myosins, class XVI
Myosins, class III	Myosins, class IX	Myosins, class XVIII
Myosins, class V	Myosins, class X	Myosins, class XIX

2. Myosins, light chain

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1. Myosin superfamily

Myosins, class I:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO1A	myosin IA	MYHL, DFNA48		12q13-q15
MYO1B	myosin IB		myr1	2q12-q34
MYO1C	myosin IC		myr2	17p13.3
MYO1D	myosin ID		KIAA0727, myr4	17q11-q12
MYO1E	myosin IE		MYO1C, HuncM-IC, MGC104638	15q21-q22
MYO1F	myosin IF			19p13.3-p13.2
MYO1G	myosin IG		HA-2	7p13-p11.2
MYO1H	myosin IH		FLJ37587	12q24.11

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Myosins, class II:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYH1	myosin, heavy chain 1, skeletal muscle, adult		MYHSA1, MYHa, MyHC-2X/D, MGC133384	17pter-p11
MYH2	myosin, heavy chain 2, skeletal muscle, adult		MYH2A, MYHSA2, MyHC-IIa, MYHas8, MyHC-2A	17p13.1
MYH3	myosin, heavy chain 3, skeletal muscle, embryonic		MYHC-EMB, MYHSE1, HEMHC, SMHCE	17pter-p11
MYH4	myosin, heavy chain 4, skeletal muscle		MYH2B, MyHC-2B, MyHC-IIb	17pter-p11
MYH6	myosin, heavy chain 6, cardiac muscle, alpha			14q11.2-q13
MYH7	myosin, heavy chain 7, cardiac muscle, beta	CMH1, MPD1	CMD1S	14q11.2-q13
MYH7B	myosin, heavy chain 7B, cardiac muscle, beta		KIAA1512, dJ756N5.1, MYH14, MHC14	20q11
MYH8	myosin, heavy chain 8, skeletal muscle, perinatal		MyHC-peri, MyHC-pn	17pter-p12
MYH9	myosin, heavy chain 9, non-muscle	DFNA17	NMMHCA, NMHC-II-A, MHA, FTNS, EPSTS	22q13.1
MYH10	myosin, heavy chain 10, non-muscle		NMMHCB	17p13
MYH11	myosin, heavy chain 11, smooth muscle		SMMHC, SMHC	16p13.11
MYH13	myosin, heavy chain 13, skeletal muscle		MyHC-eo	17p13
MYH14	myosin, heavy chain 14, non-muscle	DFNA4	FLJ13881, KIAA2034, MHC16, MYH17	19q13.33
MYH15	myosin, heavy chain 15		KIAA1000	3q13
MYH16	myosin, heavy chain 16 pseudogene	MYH5	MHC20, MYH16P	7q22.1

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Myosins, class III:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO3A	myosin IIIA	DFNB30		10p11.1
MYO3B	myosin IIIB			2q31.1-q31.2

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Myosins, class V:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO5A	myosin VA (heavy chain 12, myoxin)	MYH12	MYO5, GS1, MYR12	15q21
MYO5B	myosin VB		KIAA1119	18q
MYO5C	myosin VC		MGC74969	15q21

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Myosins, class VI:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO6	myosin VI	DFNA22, DFNB37	KIAA0389	6q14.1

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Myosins, class VII:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO7A	myosin VIIA	USH1B, DFNB2, DFNA11	NSRD2	11q13.5
MYO7B	myosin VIIB			2q21.1

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Myosins, class IX:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO9A	myosin IXA		FLJ11061, FLJ13244, MGC71859	15q22-q23
MYO9B	myosin IXB	CELIAC4		19p13.1

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Myosins, class X:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO10	myosin X		KIAA0799	5p15.1-p14.3

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Myosins, class XV:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO15A	myosin XVA	DFNB3, MYO15		17p11.2
MYO15B	myosin XVB pseudogene		MYO15BP	17q25

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Myosins, class XVI:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO16	myosin XVI		MYR8, KIAA0865, Myo16b, NYAP3	13q33.3

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Myosins, class XVIII:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO18A	myosin XVIIIA		KIAA0216, MysPDZ	17q11.2
MYO18B	myosin XVIIIB		BK125H2.1	22q12.1

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Myosins, class XIX:

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYO19	myosin XIX	MYOHD1	FLJ22865	17q21.1

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2. Myosins, light chain

Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Synonyms	Chromosome
MYL1	myosin, light chain 1, alkali; skeletal, fast		2q33-q34
MYL2	myosin, light chain 2, regulatory, cardiac, slow	CMH10	12q24.11
MYL3	myosin, light chain 3, alkali; ventricular, skeletal, slow	CMH8, VLC1, MLC1V, MLC1SB	3p
MYL4	myosin, light chain 4, alkali; atrial, embryonic	ALC1, AMLC, GT1, PRO1957	17q21-qter
MYL5	myosin, light chain 5, regulatory		4p16
MYL6	myosin, light chain 6, alkali, smooth muscle and non-muscle	ESMLC, MLC3NM, MLC1SM	12q13.13
MYL6B	myosin, light chain 6B, alkali, smooth muscle and non-muscle	MLC1SA	12q13.2
MYL7	myosin, light chain 7, regulatory	MYLC2A, MYL2A	7p21-p11.2
MYL8P	myosin, light chain 8, pseudogene	BING3	6p21.3
MYL9	myosin, light chain 9, regulatory	MYRL2, MLC2, LC20, MRLC1	20q11.23
MYL10	myosin, light chain 10, regulatory	MGC3479, MYLC2PL, PLRLC	7q22.1
MYL12A	myosin, light chain 12A, regulatory, non-sarcomeric	MLCB, MYL2B, MRLC3, MRCL3	18p11.31
MYL12B	myosin, light chain 12B, regulatory	MRLC2	18p11.31
MYLL1	myosin, light chain, cardiac muscle-like 1		8
MYLPF	myosin light chain, phosphorylatable, fast skeletal muscle	MRLC2, HUMMLC2B, MYL11	16p11.2

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